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10:31 – Yesterday, I finally got around to ordering some stuff from Costco that had been on my to-do list for a week: a CyberPower PC, a Brother multi-function printer, and a DeLonghi dehumidifier. The dehumidifier kills two birds. It’ll … Continue reading →

19:59 – Our power failed at about 3:48 p.m. yesterday when a strong windstorm popped up. It lasted all of ten minutes, but by the time it had blown through power was down all across the northwestern part of the … Continue reading →

17:01 – We were under a severe thunderstorm warning yesterday afternoon. About 1600, the storm blew through, with about 1.5″ (3.75 cm) of rain in less than 10 minutes and winds gusting to probably 50 to 60+ MPH (80 to … Continue reading →

16:26 – Barbara cleaned house this morning and then we made a Costco run sans Paul and Mary. Otherwise, we’ve pretty much taken the day off.

06:49 – I finally finished cleaning off the kitchen table Sunday. I’d had the microscope and various other stuff set up there to shoot the cover image. Barbara’s happy that she has her kitchen table back. I’m happy that I … Continue reading →

09:08 – I keep a small stock of drugs on hand for emergencies, typically 100 capsules or tablets of each. Antibiotics like amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, metronidazole, tetracycline, and so on, as well as diphenhydramine, tramadol, and several other common drugs. … Continue reading →

08:16 – Reading about the Norwegian mass murderer, there’s something I don’t understand. He thinks muslims are invading and taking over Europe, forcibly spreading their hateful beliefs to a previously civilized part of the planet. Okay, I get that. He’s … Continue reading →

I periodically despair about the state of tennis in the US. For decades, we regularly produced a crop of world-class players, from  Tilden and Vines and Budge and Kramer to Schroeder and Riggs and Gonzalez and Trabert to Ashe and … Continue reading →

Here’s the best take I’ve found this morning on the impending collapse of the Eurozone, although, if anything, it’s still much too optimistic. The beginning of the end, indeed. Things are much nearer the end of the end than the … Continue reading →

A Florida jury today returned a verdict of Not Proven in the Casey Anthony trial. Well, not really, because for some reason the rest of the world has not yet adopted that useful Scottish verdict, AKA “we know you did … Continue reading →